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Contents

Dan McConnell reports on his dash through Italy in his own familiar style — as cartoons

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16 a snake killer no more

SPLISH, SPLASH, TAKING A WAVE

Molly Steere inherited her family’s fear and dislike of slithering reptiles... but remorse caused her to put the head-chopping hoe down

18 moms on a raging river

Four moms set their errands aside, don life vests, grab paddles and get splashed in the face

20 a wenatchee classic gets a new family As one aging family moves out of this 80-year-old home, a young family moves in Art feature n Three women making a children’s book come to life, page 30 Features

7 that’s my dad

Funny, fun and poignant stories about fathers, written by our readers

13 honor flight with dad

Julie Tarbert joined her Korean War father, John Bayne, on an honor flight to Washington, D.C., and both found the experience very moving

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Year 12, Number 6 June 2018 The Good Life is published by NCW Good Life, LLC, dba The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 PHONE: (509) 888-6527 EMAIL: editor@ncwgoodlife.com sales@ncwgoodlife.com ONLINE: www.ncwgoodlife.com FACEBOOK: https://www. facebook.com/NCWGoodLife Editor/Publisher, Mike Cassidy Contributors, Dan Fitting, Annamarie Harden, Kari Black, Julia Scott, Judy Kelts, Barb Thornton, Annette Byrd, Molly Steere, Sarah Shaffer, Kris Connor, John Darling Bruce McCammon, Jaana Hatton, Donna Cassidy, Bonnie Orr, Jim Brown, June Darling, Dan McConnell, Susan Lagsdin and Rod Molzahn Advertising: Lianne Taylor Bookkeeping and circulation, Donna Cassidy Proofing, Dianne Cornell Ad design, Clint Hollingsworth Video editor, Aaron Cassidy TO SUBSCRIBE: For $25, ($30 out of state address) you can have 12 issues of The Good Life mailed to you or a friend. Send payment to: The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 For circulation questions, email: donna@ncwgoodlife.com BUY A COPY of The Good Life at Safeway stores, Walgreens, Mike’s Meats at Pybus, Rhubarb Market, Martin’s Market Place (Cashmere) and Dan’s Food Market (Leavenworth)

The pinnacles in the spring By Dan Fitting

he Wenatchee Valley is a wonderful place to live. But I don’t need to tell you that. If you’re reading this magazine, you already appreciate that. I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel to the Cook Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Europe and a number

of the Caribbean Islands. And while they are beautiful in many ways, I wouldn’t want to live any other place. There are so many beautiful areas in the Wenatchee Valley that, (in the right season and day) can take your breath away. Do you take it for granted, or stop looking for the many different types of scenery we are blessed with? Like now, the hills are a mossy green. The cherry blossoms and apple blossoms have come and gone in all their splendor. The mountains around us are beautiful, much to the

effects of the great Missoula floods. This is a photo of the Peshastin Pinnacles from Stine Hill Road near Cashmere. Got to love spring. How many times have you driven past them and not even taken a look? Not even a glimpse? Sorry, I need to gawk at them every time. They are very cool. Sticking up in the sky like the wind in the sails of a boat gliding across the sea. Is that called distracted driving? Guilty as charged. To view more of Dan Fitting’s photos, visit Danfittingphotography.com.

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On the cover

The Good Life cartoonist Dan McConnell created this cover about his trip to Italy. Dan drew on his years of inking superhero comic books to express his mad dash of a vacation. See more of Dan’s trip report — done as art — on pages 14 and 15.

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editor’s notes

MIKE CASSIDY

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day after the May issue of The Good Life went into the mail, we started to receive phone calls and emails objecting to the cover that showed a local artist with two of her fantasy dolls. For some readers, the explicitness of the dolls went too far. As one emailer wrote: “I’ve enjoyed your magazine for years, however this issue went straight into the trash… I urge you to revert to your former ways of highlighting the fabulous travel, outdoor, local history, and garden stories you’ve covered so well to this point.” As editor, I admit this photo on the cover was a momentary lapse of good judgment. I’m very sorry for that. One writer asked if this was a new direction for the magazine, or a new trend. The short answer: No, it is not. Going forward, we will continue to be what we have always been: a magazine sharing positive, upbeat, family-friendly stories about adventurous and wonderful people in the local area who are finding new ways to live the good life. I hope you will continue to read us and find joy in our pages.

stories. (We capitalized “Dad” throughout the stories. That’s not exactly according to the style book, but this is one issue where we smile with favor on fathers.) Cartoonist Dan McConnell created this month’s unusual cover, and two travel-story-toldin-drawings pages inside. He said: Doing a cartoon trip journal has a rich history within the artist community going back to the cave paintings at Lascaux. When I had talked to Mike about my wife, Ann, and I going to visit friends, David and Shan in Spoleto

Italy, he suggested I do a journal of the trip in cartoon form. The thing that stood out to me in this particular journaling effort was how small moments or situations could take center stage and become the main production number in these little plays. For instance, the owner in the gelato store talking about a competitor, “I would be a STUPID man if I said THAT was the Best Gelato in Rome! Ask to see where he makes his gelato; he cannot show you! Look! Here is where I make my gelato! Trip Advisor says I am number one in Rome!” The small, quick passionate exchanges, glances, sights or sounds that come together to make a trip can be photographed, possibly, but can really be captured in this serial narrative style and is easier to accomplish in a series of sequential drawings with words. Bob Dylan’s When I Paint My Masterpiece (sample lyrics: Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble, Ancient footprints are everywhere...) was an underlying theme song and I wanted to weave that into my Rome journal page. I did that with writing it out in

And now, on to this issue, which is packed with fun stuff. Check out our That’s My Dad stories, beginning on page 7. My original intention was to choose three or four of the entries into our contest to publish in this issue. But as each story came in, I said, “This is a cute story, we have to run it!” Until eventually we filled six pages with dad June 2018 | The Good Life

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red, while my repetition of the word Gelato was done in cool ice cream blue and the conversations were printed in black type. The red words were to float like a backdrop behind the rest of the story. Rome and Florence and our home base in Spoleto seemed quite mystifying to me; weaving through the tiny, ancient city streets either by car or by foot seemed like working our way through a labyrinth... so that became another theme in the images. I wanted to make a little puzzle labyrinth to break the fourth wall and invite the readers into an interactive piece where they could experience an approximation of the feelings I had as we were winding through unfamiliar streets. The only things missing were the smells and the rain coming down getting us soaked. The dead ends, backing up and getting lost are all there. Thanks for the opportunity to try something new in the pages of The Good Life magazine. Trying something new, that’s the way to enjoy The Good Life. — Mike

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Yellow-breasted Chat a surprising treat I

By Bruce McCammon

first heard about the Yellowbreasted Chat when I lived in Portland. One or two were reported at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge — a great place to walk or run if you are in the Washougal area. According to my bird ID book, the Yellowbreasted Chat has a long Bruce McCammon tail, heavy is retired, colorgray bill, blind and enjoys plain grayphotographing the birds in north cenolive upper tral Washington. parts, white spectacles and a brilliant yellow neck and breast. I listened to representative calls and songs on some smartphone apps and then ventured out to find this bird at Steigerwald. I never did see it or hear it. That’s how birding can be when you chase a rare bird. Two years later I moved to

Wenatchee. I’m fortunate to live near Number Two Canyon Road. You gain elevation fairly quickly as

you drive up the canyon road and there are many great shrub and tree clumps as you head up. I stopped at one roadside turn-

out just past the gun club and sat still to listen for birds that I saw in the area. I had to refresh my awareness of the Yellow-breasted Chat calls and songs using my phone’s bird app to make sure that what I was hearing was the elusive Chat. I started looking at the mix of birds with my binoculars and then, unexpectedly, a Chat flew into a mock orange beside me. My pulse picked up as I grabbed the camera to get a record shot. I left my truck and found a good vantage point to photograph the bird against a clean background. Several hundred photos later I retreated and headed home. This was the first time I’d seen one of these birds — a life bird for me. What a thrill. As I looked at the photos I was reminded how fortunate we are to live in such a wonderful area. I know now that Yellowbreasted Chat can be found in many other areas of our shrubsteppe landscape. Keep your eyes open for this bright bird. You can hear its calls on the national Audubon website (http://www.audubon. org/field-guide/bird/yellowbreasted-chat). Good luck with your search.

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That’s My Dad! Readers share their

favorite moments with good old Dad

‘My grapes! My grapes!’ D

By Annamarie Harden

ads add value to life and are a source of support in a variety of ways. In addition, a Dad helps his children to learn new things that can develop character and personality traits that have positive influences on others. My Dad, over the years, has been helpful in showing or explaining to me how to do different things. One spring day, when I was 14 years old, my Dad got out his 1972 orange Honda 90 Trail motorcycle. He was letting my older brother ride the motorcycle in our backyard. I felt adventurous and asked my father if I could attempt to ride the motorcycle. In the past, I had taken rides on the back of the motorcycle as my Dad navigated. But I had never had the motorcycle under my full control.

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A grown-up Annamarie Harden, her Dad Stephen Harden and his Honda trail motorcycle.

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That’s My Dad! }}} Continued from previous page My Dad said I could ride the motorcycle by myself, in the backyard. I got onto the motorcycle and putted down the grassy hill in our backyard. I was going to make a big circle and then go back up the hill. But as I was making a turn, I maneuvered the front tire at a sharp angle. Next thing I knew, the motorcycle was crashing over on its side into my Dad’s precious grape plants. As I fell over with the bike, I twisted down on the throttle and the motorcycle roared its displeasure at being planted into the grapes. My Dad, with total surprise, ran quickly down the hill and gasped, “My grapes, my grapes!!” Then as his initial surprise wore off, he inquired, “Annamarie, are you okay?” The joke in my family ever since this incident occurred has been that my Dad cared more about his grape plants in the yard versus the well-being of his daughter who had just crashed on the motorcycle. However, this experience helped me to learn how to have a stronger character. I took responsibility in that I wanted to try and ride the motorcycle, but I learned rather quickly that life doesn’t always go as smoothly as one may believe it should. Growing up, I have had the privilege of having a supportive father. It has been the reason I have developed into the person I am today. I am forever grateful. Annamarie Harden is a Wenatchee Valley resident who enjoys being active in the outdoors riding horses, playing pickleball and exploring the many treasures this valley has to offer.

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By Judy Kelts

om and I were from different planets that never aligned. But thanks to Dad’s enduring gift of unconditional love, he helped turn decades of pain into medicine. His quiet kindness, gentleness and caring were lifelong gifts to me. He always helped me feel loved and supported, special, talented and pretty; even treasured.

Judy Kelts is given a lift by her Dad.

Dad was quiet, shy and humble. He had simple needs, and was happy and content with what he had. His only goal was to work hard and provide for his family. He was quietly religious, loved many old hymns; and was overheard whispering a prayer for God to safely watch over him. He had several serious health issues, and was often confused, but he never complained. There are men too gentle to live among wolves. My Dad was one of those men. I was visiting in his room in the skilled nursing section of his retirement center. Twenty-four long years of dementia had taken a huge toll. He was sitting up in his wheelchair, drifting in and out of sleep as he often did. We shared dinner, although he ate only a few small bites. He asked four times who was paying for our food. I gently reassured him it was all taken care of. We didn’t talk much. It was just comforting to be in his presence, and the most important thing is we were together. He told me for the hundredth time about when he joined the Navy at 18, and how life was on the oil tanker Brazos, a refueling station for warships participating in the Battle of Okinawa, near the end of WW II. He shared how he felt when he was finally on his way home, and how there wasn’t a dry eye when they steamed under the Golden Gate Bridge at last. He always choked up | The Good Life

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when he got to that part. He hadn’t been able to converse about most other things for countless years. Dad had stayed awake for most of the piano concert I’d prepared for him, and shared that afternoon. He tapped his foot and smiled off and on. I’m nearly certain he knew who was at the piano. As he slept soundly, sitting up in his wheelchair, I got up to let his nurse know he was ready to be put to bed. But Dad woke up, smiled his special smile, and said out of the blue, with a twinkle in his eye, “Judy, I’m so glad you came. I want you to know I’ve had such a wonderful, happy life. You were just perfect for me.” Soon after my Dad passed, at nearly 90, this lifelong Daddy’s girl was alone, helping go through his things. I found cotton handkerchiefs that still smelled like him, his signature cigar, red suspenders that brought many tears, and one of his old wallets. There was no money inside, nothing of value. It was totally empty except for one thing. There was a picture of me. Thanks, Dad. Judy Kelts, a retired elementary teacher and active community volunteer, moved here with husband David in 2005

Dad explains eternity I

By Donna Cassidy

was 14 years old when my Dad, Don Daggett, died. That was way back in 1967, so I don’t have many memories of him. I do remember he liked to be different. He would say, “pass the pepper and salt.” He also said the scar on my face — from a surgery when I was a toddler — was my trademark. And I believed him. One evening, my Dad and I were on the deck looking out at the vastness of the sky. He was explaining eternity to me. He said, “If a bumblebee took one grain of sand and flew it to the moon and back and took every grain of sand on the earth to the moon and back, it would not touch eternity.” Now being 12 or so I don’t think I then grasped the concept. But I do now. Donna Cassidy is the co-owner of The Good Life and grew up in East Wenatchee.

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That’s My Dad! vegetation flourishes, the tops of the tall plants nearly touch the water’s surface. Dad, outfitted for fun in the sun, is wearing jean cutoffs, a t-shirt, socks and shoes, topped with sunglasses and his splendiferous straw fishing hat. Glad to see his friend, Dad walks down to the dock to greet Jim and help him secure the boat. We kids accompany him and meet up with our friends, Jim’s sunbathing daughters. On the dock as Jim approaches, Dad steps to the edge to guide the boat in. As Jim rounds the corner, he’s paying more attention to bantering with Darrel, and inadvertently motors in too wide. Always the eager and helpful one, to bring the boat close enough to the tiedowns, Dad sacrifices dry socks and shoes, THAT stepping into the shallow ’S MY DAD ! water. However, what LOOKS like WI N NER shallow water is most definitely NOT… Great gobs of speckled owl poop — before our Julia Scott and her Dad wearing the fishing hat that went for a dunk. very eyes the water swallows Dad, who vanishes without a trace, all except for his FISHING HAT! The bedraggled hat, with all its character, circled slowly in the lazy eddy stirring the water’s surface caused by Dad’s departure. Following a loaded pause, the air split wide open with riotous laughter. After what seemed like a very long time, Dad came spluttering to the surface with a quite aniBy Julia Scott mated “#@!%9!&*!!!@!#%!.” He climbed onto the dock half-amused/ ometimes things just aren’t as they half-mad, standing there fully-clothed and appear. And boy, can that get you into a dripping wet as we howled away in wild precarious pickle — especially for my hilari- abandon like a pack of drunken hyenas. ously fun Dad, Darrel. He gasped from the shock of it all more In the summer of 1971, it was our first time than from the lake being cold. And we were to be invited to our family friends’ vacation gasping for air also, as some doubled over home on Williams Lake. and some squatted, with some even resigned Dad’s pal, Jim, in his boat out on the water, to their backsides and rolling side to side — saw we had arrived and headed toward all holding our bellies in raucous laughter. shore. Dad always took pleasure in providing a While Jim boats to the dock, allow me to good laugh. After everyone had gotten their give you the setting. fill, he extricated the contents of his pockets. This wooden structure, where under-water His wallet, handkerchief, money and other

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contents were all sopping wet. He dramatically laid them out in a neat row on the dock to dry. (That way, the ducks had something to poop on.) The entire weekend, between swimming, tanning, dining, and water sports, before we went to sleep and just after we awoke, we giggled and guffawed. Dad later mentioned that while he was down in the dark depths of the deepest deep, the plant life seemed to come alive, wrapping around his legs and arms as if trying to trap him, and he wondered for a bit if he’d ever make it back to the surface. I sure am glad he did. We would have jumped in and saved him, but it was so much fun watching that prime scene unfold that we wouldn’t have wanted to miss it by doing something stupid like going in after him. I loved my Dad extraordinarily, but after all — everything has its limits. Julia Scott, a Wenatchee resident, still breaks into spasms of random laughter as she recalls the hilarity which scores many treasured memories. She is currently writing for posterity these memoirs of her life, many of which her dad, Darrel Bartels, was the star of the show.

Lessons from my father I

By Jim Brown, M.D.

have been thinking about my father a lot recently. We recently downsized to a smaller home. In that process I was surprised to find several letters from my Dad that he had written to me during World War II after he had been drafted into the U.S. Navy. He was advising me, then about 5 years old, how to help my mom including carrying out the ashes every day (homes were heated by coal in those days). He also wrote several letters to me much later at how happy he was that I was engaged to Lynn who was the apple of his eye. He advised me on the importance of honoring our wives. I learned from him through his example of generosity. When I was younger it was hard for me to

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That’s My Dad! }}} Continued from previous page understand it since he grew up with so little. His mother died when he was 15 and his father who had suffered from the encephalitis epidemic in our country in the early 1900s unfortunately ended up with enough brain damage or possibly dementia that his father was put in a Michigan State mental hospital where he spent the rest of his life. Various relatives took in my father’s younger siblings but since my Dad was 16 he was not taken and was left on his own. This was in the middle of the Great Depression. He found a widow in his small town of Napoleon, Michigan who took him in for his last two years of high school in exchange for his taking care of her yard, the garden, snow shoveling and putting coal in the furnace and taking out the ashes every day in the winter. After high school he went to Detroit and found a job in the shoe department at the J.L. Hudson, where he later met my mother who was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants. My Dad said he felt he was doing pretty well making $16 a week then during the Depression. After WW II our family and my mother’s sister’s family all moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., at the urging of their brother, a Methodist Minister in Beresford, S.D. My Dad started a shoe store. He also started taking correspondent courses from the Moody Bible Institute and eventually became a Lay Pastor and served the Harrisburg Methodist Church, 15 miles from Sioux Falls, for 14 years. He didn’t keep the meager salary he was paid and gave it all back to the church as well as 10 percent of any income no matter how meager it was. His shoe store was open six days a week including being open to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays. He worked longer hours and harder than I ever did in my career. Despite his challenges, I never heard him complain or show anger. He was a rarity indeed.

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By Kari Black

ad was a kind, generous, loving man, but wasn’t as talented when it came to fixing things. During my senior year in high school, I skipped school one day, thinking no one would notice, but they did. When I arrived home at my usual time, he was waiting for me in the garage. As soon as I got out of the car, he put his hand out and asked me for my keys. He then opened the hood and took something out… I went into the house to see if dinner was ready and if I could help. My mom needed something from the grocery store. I told her I was grounded and that Dad had taken my keys away from me. She gave me a list, and handed me her keys and some money. I felt a bit bad when I climbed into Jerry Smits gets ready to ride in the Veteran’s Day Parade, mom’s car and drove away, as Dad with daughter Barb Thornton and sons John and Paul Smits. was still in the garage, but oh well. A couple of weeks later when my is a very good-looking man, dresses nicely grounding was over, Dad went up to the and likes things run on time. garage and attempted to fix my car — he Dad has very good documentation of his couldn’t remember what he had done. Navy days and loves to talk to people about He ended up having to call a repairman to those times in his life. His ship was torcome to the house and fix it. pedoed and if it weren’t for a shift change It was the one and only time I got groundin what he was doing as a water tender, he ed, yet for some reason, it didn’t upset me, would not be here. but Dad sure felt chagrined to admit he I am grateful for his sacrifice that has kept couldn’t remember he had removed the disthis country free. He got to ride in the last tributor cap. Veteran’s Day Parade. You can tell by the I never skipped school again. attached picture what a highlight it was for Kari Black moved to Wenatchee with her daughter him. from the wet side to be with more family. “It’s a difHe also learned how to fly a Cessna plane ferent world, but very beautiful,” she said. and we took many rides around Wenatchee. He has always been active, even waterskiing in his 70s. He presented classes for The 55 Alive Driving Class for many years. I saw him (and my Mom) work hard for what they got and I believe that ethic was By Barb Thornton passed on to his kids: To show up on time, do a good work for the company that emy Dad’s name is Jerry Smits. I grew up ploys you, don’t abuse sick leave and be in Wenatchee, raised by two loving parents. proud of your work, whatever it is. My Dad is now 93, lives in an assisted In the years he and my Mom were raising living place here and he still amazes me. Dr. Jim Brown is a regular columnist in The Good kids, he got off work early from the Post OfLife and a retired gastroenterologist who practiced He was in the Navy for three years and was fice, so he was the one I saw putting dinner for 38 years in the Wenatchee area. employed by the U.S. Postal Service. He still together, ironing, laundry or any other task

He worked longer hours and harder than I ever did in my career.

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That’s My Dad! that needed done. Plus he was there when we got home from school. Almost a Mr. Mom to us back then, a tough, but fair disciplinarian, even using a “Heat for the Seat” paddling stick, when needed. Even now as he lives alone, I call him almost every day and my two brothers and I run any errands he needs done. He is thankful for any visitors and calls. He is the rock in our family and his sense of humor is unsurpassed. Jerry Smits, my Amazing Dad.

me was terribly embarrassed. With my face bright red I presented it to the office clerk. She looked at it and went into the principal’s office. He came out with the note in his hand. He looked at me, then back down at the note. He read it again. Up to that point the princess had a perfect attendance record. Now her record showed an unexcused absence. The princess, however, felt it was worth it — for the special time with her father and for the baklava. Annette Byrd went to Chelan High School, lived in Stehekin, worked for KYSN radio in the early years, and was the East Wenatchee librarian for six years until she married and moved to Elgin, OR.

Barb Thornton has lived in Wenatchee most of her life. She is planning on retiring from Confluence Health in July and looking forward to this new adventure.

The faraway kingdom of Seattle

3 by Ken Neher Annette and Robert Byrd, in 1950: Holding a princess in his arms.

who knew what they were doing. OMG! Multitudes of thin filo pastry sheets saturated in honey and filled with nutmeats By Annette Byrd melted in my mouth as the honey dripped down my chin. I didn’t know there was such nce upon a Time — in 1965 — my father decided he needed to spend some qual- a taste. It was sooo rich and sweet. After one piece your stomach ity time with his middle daughter — me. There were four of us girls and alone time said enough! But your tongue begged with Daddy was at a premium. We had been living in Stehekin at the head for more. The festival was of Lake Chelan but moved downlake in the the highlight of fall so we could go to school. I was 15 that the trip for me. We year and became a sophomore at Chelan spent the night in High School. Seattle and reSome friends of Dad’s invited him to visit them in Seattle. He decided to take me with turned home the next day, visiting him as I had never been to Seattle before. and enjoying the The problem was, it was a weekday and drive back. I was supposed to be in school. No matter. Monday came. I needed a parental excuse Daddy felt it was an excusable absence. It for the missed school day. When I read the would be educational and I would only miss note Daddy wrote, I wondered how I was one day of school. going to get the courage to take it to school. His friends took us to a festival at the Greek Orthodox Church. There was a bazaar It said: Once upon a time, a beautiful princess and other activities. In the central section needed to travel with her father to the farof the beautiful domed building all kinds of away kingdom of Seattle. Her father needed to booths were set up. We wandered through the colorful stalls, looking at all the interest- spend time with her and she needed to spend time with her father and learn many things ing things displayed. about the faraway kingdom. Therefore, please What all was for sale I don’t remember — because one thing eclipsed all others. Here I excuse this princess for missing school last was introduced to Baklava! Not just any bak- Friday. Signed, Robert Byrd. The little girl in me was thrilled with the lava. This was the genuine mouth-watering obvious message of love but the teenager in original recipe made fresh by local Greeks

Once upon a time, a beautiful princess needed to travel with her father...

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Editor’s note: We asked our readers to send a story about a favorite moment with Dad. Most who entered did just that. But Ken Neher couldn’t choose just one, so he submitted three stories. Since they are all fun — you might say explosive fun — we are sharing them all.

1) This old dynamite is too dangerous to leave laying around

By Ken Neher

t all began at the bottom of a talc mine somewhere in Death Valley. My Dad and his three young sons had carefully maneuvered down the slanted shaft, and we were now negotiating the tunnels that led off in two directions at the bottom. As we neared the dead end of one of the tunnels we found a crumbling cardboard box full of brick red sticks of very old dynamite. My Dad said it was much too dangerous to leave it there, where someone might get hurt, so he had us all fill our pockets with the dynamite sticks and carry them to the surface. He told us it would be safer if we disposed of the dangerous material ourselves. But how? Maybe we can blow it up? So, he packed 8

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That’s My Dad! }}} Continued from previous page or 10 sticks into an old rusty coffee can and inserted a shotgun shell right in the middle to act as a detonator. Then he placed the can — open end toward us — on the bank of a dry riverbed and we took up our positions on the other side. Each of us took turns shooting the .22 rifle at the shotgun shell in the middle. Pretty clever, eh? Well, it didn’t work. After 20 minutes or so it was pretty clear that no one was going to hit the end of that shotgun shell from a safe distance. That evening around the campfire, we tossed the dynamite sticks in one by one and burned them up, while a small shimmering trickle of nitroglycerin slowly wound out from beneath the fire and disappeared into the sand. We really loved those great trips with Dad. The last time I talked with my father about that outing, he said it’s probably good we never were able to set it off. Yep. That’s my Dad.

2) with a road trip this fun, who is thinking about stopping?

By Ken Neher

test drive seemed like a good activity for a Saturday afternoon outing to my Dad and his young three boys. Dad found a Toyota dealership having a sale, and a red sedan of some kind caught all our eyes. We were all buckled up and headed out to “test drive.” I’m pretty sure now that we weren’t looking for a new car then. We didn’t usually buy the next car until ours was well-used. I think my Dad was just entertaining his three young wards. We headed out of the lot and up to Baseline, a road that was laid out perfectly east to west and rose and fell over the alluvial fans of rocks and soil that had streamed for hundreds of years from the canyons of the San Gabriel Mountains. This was a fun road. As the test drive unfolded, the speed over the rises and falls began to grow. We boys squealed with delight as we began to go weightless over and over and over. Dad was holding tightly to the wheel, while our speed continued to grow. Just as

3) you kids stand back while I teach you a lesson on safety

“Dad never ever stops teaching,” said Ken Neher. “This is with great-granddaughter Reagan several years ago.”

we topped the next high hill, the car left the ground and my brothers and I went crazy! We-e-e-e-e! About then, no, exactly then, my very sharp father noticed that just ahead at the bottom of the hill about 30 yards away was a fourway stop. I can’t verify what our speed was that day, but I’m pretty sure that it exceeded our stopping distance. Just as Dad hit the brakes and we all were jerked forward and back by our seatbelts, cars pulled up to the other three stops facing the approaching intersection. I can’t tell you what the other drivers were thinking, but I remember them sitting mouths agape, as we skidded into the intersection, slowly turning to the right, and coming to a stop in the exact middle of the four-way. Dad calmly downshifted and drove slowly out of the intersection and back to the Toyota dealership. The whole way back we debated if they would notice a flat spot on the Firestones. We really loved our trips out with Dad. Best Dad ever.

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t probably would have been smart to have our mom along on our weekend trips with Dad because she was a registered nurse. But, as it turned out my Dad and his three young sons usually headed out on mountain and desert outings on our own. Such was the case one hot day during summer vacation. We were jeep campers. Dad would load us up in the jeep with some gear up on top and in the back seat between my brothers. And, of course, there were always two combat cans of gasoline clamped on the back. These two cans were a source of fascination for my two younger brothers (and me), who poked at them with sticks, drug them around campsites, knocked them over, or hit them with rocks and pebbles. After witnessing this too many times, my father thought it was about time he impressed upon us just how combustible and dangerous gasoline can be when mishandled. So right after lunch, he found an appropriate size mesquite bush about six feet high and four feet across for the example. He stood us back about 20 feet away and said, “Stay right there where it’s safe.” Then he opened the gas can and shook out perhaps a half gallon onto the bush. He set the can down, and struck a match. The miscalculation was… it was 90 degrees and the gasoline had instantly vaporized into the hot desert air. After the huge fireball and explosion the only thing left of the big bush was a small six inch smoldering stump. My father stood there with a surprised look on his face, a lit match in his hand, singed head of hair, and an open combat can of gasoline by his side. We were impressed. Very impressed. Ken Neher and his wife Marsha have lived in a morphing Sunnyslope farmhouse for their entire 40 years of marriage.

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On an Honor Flight with my Dad By Donna Cassidy

Julie Tarbert, of

Wenatchee, joined her Korean War veteran father, John Bayne, on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. in May, and said, “It was a very moving experience.” The Honor Flight flies veterans of war to Washington D.C., all expenses paid for two days, to see memorials associated with their time of service, and other memorials. Volunteers are recruited to travel with the veterans to ensure their safety. Honor Flight calls them guardians. Julie was John’s guardian. GuardJulie Tarbert and her dad stand facing the Lincoln ians have to pay Memorial on the National Mall with the Washingtheir own way. This ton Monument in the background. Honor Flight is put on by the Inland Northwest Honor Flight out of Spokane. “What a fabulous and dedicated group,” said Julie. John enlisted in the Navy with his brother Bob Bayne when John was 18 and Bob 20. They served together on a destroyer during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The honor flight took off from Spokane on a chartered plane at 8 a.m. and got into D.C. about 3:30 p.m. Buses took the veterans and their guardians to the WW II Memorial and the Marine Corps War Memorial then to John Bayne and his brother, Bob, when a banquet in their honor. they were sailors: John in the middle The next morning at 7:45 a.m. buses carried the guests and Bob on the left. to the Arlington Cemetery June 2018 | The Good Life

John Bayne at the World War II Memorial.

to watch the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and saw the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. They also saw the Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The United States Navy Memorial and Museum and the Air Force Memorial. “It was so moving seeing strangers acknowledge their service,” said Julie. “That and seeing their own memorials.” Police escorted the three buses through D.C. that included sirens, running stop signs and red lights and driving in the wrong lanes. “The veterans all loved that,” said Julie. Back on the plane they had a surprise “Mail Call” from friends and relatives back home (“hardly a dry eye on the plane,” said Julie) then a welcome home www.ncwgoodlife.com

“It was so moving seeing strangers acknowledge their service.” parade when they landed in Spokane, which made them feel special and appreciated. “What moved my dad the most and most of the vets was the mail call. The thank you notes and letters from family and friends, kids, grandkids and great-grand kids. It really meant a lot to them,” she said. “It was a once in a lifetime event and my dad was glad he went. He was moved by the whole trip and the hard work the Honor Flight put into organizing it. “They all felt very special and they all had big smiles on their faces.”

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Former snake murderer Deep down, I wasn’t comfortable with it. The guilt was eating at me. By Molly Steere

of the largest rattlesnakes I’d seen emerging from under the When my husband container. The Mama and I moved over the Bear in me took over pass from North Bend to and I hustled back to Malaga, I had an estabthe shop, grabbed the lished fear of snakes. BB gun, high-stepped In my defense, I come it back to the shipping from a long line of snake container (my son right detractors. My grandma behind me with his kept strategically placed wooden toy rifle) and hoes throughout her started blasting the prized garden. If a snake snake at point blank had the audacity to range. It looked like enter her lush oasis she swiss cheese by the would grab the nearest time I was done with it. hoe and go after it like When I confessed a pneumatic log splitter to the murder, some until a pile of two-inch people high-fived me writhing segments of but others insisted that snake lay at her feet. the snakes wouldn’t She saved the rattles as harm us. However, in trophies. the same breath, they Up until recently I would often remark that still harbored my inherthe behavior we were ited fear of snakes. Their seeing wasn’t usual. Not silent slithering gave me exactly comforting, but the heebs and they were it led me to research too hairless, too cool, our local snakes. and too dry to make a In the meantime our respectable pet. Plus, other cat picked a fight call me crazy, but I am with a rattlesnake ata little wary of anything tempting to come into that can deliver a venthe shop one night, omous bite several hours Toby Steere keeps a careful eye as he moves a rattlesnake away from the house while son Roper watches. another rattlesnake after its head has been aggressively held its cut off. ground in front of my car door When we were visiting our our property and were living in Incidentally, searching “rattleand I couldn’t get in, and one property in Malaga before movan RV inside our shop, I official- snake den under the house” on ing here, my dog (of questionly became a merciless (if tempo- YouTube did nothing to ease my surprised us on a dark night, rattling at us from under the able intelligence) was running rary) snake murderer. So many mind. Be ye not so stupid! patio furniture we had, until through the sage and was snakes! It felt like they were My first kill occurred when that exciting moment, been sitsuper stoked to find a fun, movcircling the shop and coming in I was playing outside with my ting in. ing stick to play with. It was for the kill. then three-year-old son and my Pew! Pew, pew! (that’s the a rattlesnake. She ended up Literally. They were actually cat came screeching by at Mach sound of me shooting them) enjoying a few expensive nights coming IN the shop — with a 5. I figured the only thing that I actually only killed a couple at the vet which did nothing to rather pissy demeanor, I might would make our laid back cat of rattlesnakes total. But deep improve my attitude toward the add. I was convinced that we move that fast was a snake. down, I wasn’t comfortable with venomous vipers. had built on top of a den of I walked over to the shipping it. The guilt was eating at me. When we started building on rattlesnakes and they were livid. container and there it was, one

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We were all learning to give each other a wide berth. And the more exposure I had to the snakes, the more my curiosity overpowered my fear. Luckily, unintended exposure therapy mixed with a strong shot of education stopped me from becoming a serial killer. The cats kept bringing rubber boas into the shop and I was forced to catch and evict them. Rubber boas are the most docile snake you’ll ever come across and really should be offered up as a starter snake. Their snub nose and drab color make them look like a large worm, and their temperament is similar. The Yellow-bellied Racers were much more of a challenge since they lived up to their name — I’m not sure how the cats were able to catch them. Also, they are climbers which I have still not come to terms with. But I rescued every single one that showed up in and around the shop, carrying them to safety entwined on a rake, or sometimes scooped up in a snow shovel. The bullsnake has taken over as the most common snake we see on our property (the first few years it was all rattlesnakes). We usually find them hanging out on our driveway, absorbing the warmth of the gravel. I used to be wary of them but now I can easily identify them from afar and have no cause for alarm. The longer we lived on the property, the fewer snakes we saw. We were all learning to give each other a wide berth. And the more exposure I had to the snakes, the more my curiosity overpowered my fear. It helped that my cousin’s hus-

Baby bullsnake: No cause for alarm.

Yellow-bellied Racer: Yes, they are fast.

band, Ian, is a dedicated herper (someone who searches for and studies reptiles). He is an absolute wealth of information and for years he’s patiently answered my questions via email and helped me identify the snakes I come across. Ian’s passion for snakes is contagious. A couple of years ago, after Ian and his wife, Beth, stopped by for a visit and we discussed snakes at length, I announced that I was ready to give snakes a chance. A week later, I received snake tongs in the mail from them. Snake tongs make it possible to control a snake without having to actually touch it. A long pole creates a safe distance from the head of the creature, acting as a second arm to lift or drag it away while keeping the snake out of striking distance. Controllable jaws at the end of the grabber will keep a firm, yet gentle grasp of the body, making it possible to lift the snake up with ease. I felt the pride of having graduated, and the tongs were my diploma. June 2018 | The Good Life

In a flurry of motion and excited shouts, we locked up the pets, grabbed the snake tongs and headed out as a team to rescue our first snake. Once we had the snake tongs, my husband, son and I were absurdly excited when we came across a rattlesnake at the base of one of our apricot trees. In a flurry of motion and excited shouts, we locked up the pets, grabbed the snake tongs and headed out as a team to rescue our first snake. I knew my attitude had drastically changed when I fretted that the tongs weren’t holding the snake comfortably. Since when did I care about a rattlesnake’s comfort? I had my husband grab a branch to support the rest of its www.ncwgoodlife.com

body (we hadn’t graduated to actually touching them yet). We walked the rattlesnake to the edge of our property and released it. I’m sure it was back within a few hours, but we felt like we were doing our part to keep the rattlesnake and ourselves safe. I gave myself an extraordinary amount of back pats for not taking a hoe or BB gun to the snake. Why shouldn’t we kill all the snakes and then burn the world to the ground just to be sure they’re dead? Snakes help keep populations of mice and small mammals in check, while in turn are preyed upon by hawks and other predators. But the biggest threat they face is people (especially hoewielding, BB gun owners) and development. Rattlesnakes only bite humans if they feel threatened and only two deaths have been reported in Washington since 1979 — none since 1999. However, every year, an average of 15 people in the state are bitten by rattlesnakes, according to the Washington Poison Center. Stay alert and give them a wide berth so you’re not one of the unlucky 15. Fortunately, my career as a snake murderer was short-lived. Once I replaced my misguided beliefs with knowledge, my fear was replaced with respect. Now, I hop out of the car to shoo them off the driveway, I talk to them and try to make sure they look handsome/pretty (honestly, I can’t accurately differentiate between male and female) in my photos, and I actively seek them out. Apparently, I’ve come to like the creepy little buggers and look forward to seeing them every spring. Molly Steere is a freelance writer for local publications. When she’s not at her computer, you’ll find her outside with her husband and son enjoying all of the nearby recreation the Wenatchee Valley has to offer – especially skiing, hiking, and mountain biking.

Splash! Moms on a raging river By Sarah Shaffer

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gest day of the year thus far for water levels on the Wenatchee River — over 17,000 cubic feet per second. Just the day to meet up with a few girlfriends to go rafting with Osprey Rafting Company in Leavenworth. This was a feat in itself as all three of us are mommas. We each had 24 hours to scramble together childcare,

The momma crew taking it in the face big time. Sarah Shaffer in front in the blue, Mandy McLaren middle (with paddle overhead), and Ashley Coke in back (with the hat). Shane Yarborough, the guide in back, remains calm and steady.

ditch cleaning the house, working, errands etc… It was ladies day on the river and these mommas were going to have a fantastic day with amazing guides and fantastic

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These were HUGE waves. Each set of rapids named something different. gear provided by the company, wetsuit and booties, splash jackets and a PFD (personal flotation device). Then we were loaded in the bus and transported to the put in location just down the road. At this point we were given the run down on hand signals, how to paddle, how not to knock someone’s teeth out with the “t-grip” and all the crisis mode plans if we were to be ejected from the boat. A bit of nervousness seemed to take over at this moment while I could see sleeper logs briskly floating past in my periphery along the rushing water. Once all information was taken in, we loaded into our rafts. There was the momma boat with us four girls and Shane was our guide. We were the middle boat among three. Shane had a quiet nature about him. Kind, thoughtful and knowledgeable. I couldn’t help but try and understand how he “reads” the water, knowing which direction to go and which way to steer clear of. He was a powerful guide in the back, always so calculated with the amount of strokes needed from his crew of misfit mommas. Somehow we made it through each rapid without being launched from the boat. These were HUGE waves. Each set of rapids named something different. The names of the rapids that stuck in my excited brain were Granny’s Panties, Cupcake (my favorite), and Boulder Bend. Shane gave us some information as each momma asked various questions throughout our time on the river. How long did he raft before feeling confident that he could read the water? What kind of water formation

was that called? What was the most exciting thing he saw while guiding in Alaska? The questions went on for hours intermittently between amazing rapids with waves as high as my head if not a bit higher. During the spurts of questions Shane answered each thoroughly and yet was still able to tell us to pay attention for upcoming rapids and areas we would need to focus for. If I had to guess, I think he was specifically talking to me, I have been “told” I can be quite the chatterbox. This is especially true when I am highly caffeinated, which I was that day (apologies Shane). Surprisingly at the end of our rafting adventure not one single person in all three boats had fallen out of the boat during what was a wild and awesome ride. I think the misfit moms were just fine with that, as we all knew we had kids to get back to and we didn’t want to have to take a swim and remember the crisis mode plans taught to us a few hours earlier. We rode the bus back to the office with the various wonderful staff on board and newbie rafters alike, happy conversations brewing about the various highlights of the rafting day. Once at the Osprey Raft office we changed out of our wetsuits and gear. Then enjoyed an awesome slideshow from Osprey’s photographer Spencer Flodin who had followed us throughout our wild fun ride along the banks of the river snapping some serious action shots. It was a great way to end a memorable day with lovely mommas, to see us sometimes smiling, sometimes gritting teeth in these pictures as we were working hard to make it over a wave. It was a high-water day to remember. Sarah Shaffer is the executive director of WenatcheeOutdoors.org. Her interests include people, nature, wildlife and getting her sweat on outside. June 2018 | The Good Life

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One of the improvements is a major make-over of the restaurant.Throughout the entire clubhouse there now is a modern, contemporary look and style to it. The lounge is now family-accessible. A new fitness room has been added, as well as a separate women’s card room. The pool and patio area give the club a resort feel. Out on the golf course, family tees have been added, making the course more attractive to beginning golfers or kids. The Wenatchee course is generally quite accessible and it’s a great course for families to learn the sport. “I can bring my family out and play nine holes and not feel like we’re being pushed or watched or feel like we’re out of place,” Clark said. The club will match new members up with current members to help them learn the new sport. And you can take lessons from Clark, a former PGA golfer, or another pro at the club. It doesn’t matter if your seven or 70 years old. “It’s a sport that can be played at all ages. People find that even though they’re not able to do the things they used to be able to do, they can still golf and improve their game over time.” For more information on the Wenatchee Golf and Country Club, please visit www. wenatcheegolfclub.org or phone 509-884-7105.

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The paved walk, the big tree and the manicured lawn are nice touches, but it’s the sloped roof and distinctive red door that are the strongest visual markers of this 1937 home.

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Synchronicity is “the simul-

taneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.” In this case, an old and muchloved house, the one pictured here, stands in the center of a story of two families, strangers to each other, who are happy with their very different choices. On an afternoon in early May, Andrea Johnson approached the busy intersection of First and

Miller in Wenatchee, curious about the new owners of the 1937 Tudor-style house she and her husband Justin sold and had just closed on that week. “I felt kind of sad about leaving it all behind,” she admitted, “And then I saw two little pink tricycles in the driveway — and I knew the house was going to be fine.” That twinge of heartbreak mixed with the adventure of moving wasn’t seller’s remorse (that’s generally financial misgiving, and this swap-up worked out fine). It was simply affection for the old place that had served

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Olivia Haas, glad to be settling in to the new house with her family, took a break from moving in to pose happily on the front steps with Vanessa and Penelope. Photo by Donna Cassidy

her family well for five years. But the time was ripe for moving on, and the Johnsons had just transitioned into a roomy 1970’s split-level ranch across the Columbia. “It’s so peaceful up here,” said Andrea, “Look at this view — and our yard backs right up to the golf course.” Wenatchee Golf and Country club members, they’d been eye-

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ing eastside property for a while. Their furniture isn’t completely in place, and some painting needs to happen, but they have breathing space, and they feel settled. The floorplan of the East Wenatchee house allows simplified main-floor living for Andrea and Justin and a fully-finished basement apartment with three

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It’s hard to beat early 20th century curved archways and the warmth of wood floors for a welcoming ambience. This listing photo prompted a “must-look” for the buyers this spring.

One of the downstairs charms is the French doors opening onto the deck. This fireplace, probably woodburning in 1937, will be converted from its gasfueled update back to wood again.

and their two little girls ages 2 and 4 (the trike owners) were busy moving in to the emptied First Street house. That weekend they’d trucked their possessions from the place they’d been renting for two years in East Wenatchee’s Briarwood neighborhood and stacked them into the just-purchased home the Johnsons had left behind. Olivia has done some cosmetic updates and is contemplating more, working around stacks of boxes and rolled carpets. The living room walls went from subdued gray to brighter white. She said, “Yesterday I was up

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bedrooms for his four often-inresidence teenage children from a previous marriage. “My family is huge,” Andrea laughed. “I mean literally — one son is six foot, three — and we needed a lot of space for them.” The sunny open-plan living area will feature a massive dining table for their family of six. Meanwhile, down in the heart of Wenatchee, Olivia Haas, her husband Mike Sabatello, from Buffalo and Chicago originally, June 2018 | The Good Life

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Wenatchee classic gets new family }}} Continued from previous page on a ladder painting, and Mike walked in the door from work. For a second it felt like one of those happy-family TV commercials, but it made me realize — this is really our home now. We’re finally home.” A romantic with a discerning eye for the old, Olivia had been on a home search with her realtor since September. She immediately was drawn to the house’s curved archways, built-in cabinetry, original wood flooring and small-paned windows. And now, “I keep discovering nice little touches around the place — original features and a really traditional feel. I love the symmetry, the flow…” The location helped cinch the deal: a bit of local history, a little shaded oasis amid the traffic and dogwalkers, just a stroll to the city core. “That rental house was nice but so… suburban,”

and have plenty of comments on the updates. A friend’s mother, Andrea discovered, was raised in the First Street house and had early 1960’s photos to share, and she learned the builder was a railroad executive who carpeted the house in railcar flooring. She outlined the big improvements she and her husband made since buying Doubleday Field dominated the downstairs when the Johnsons, both baseball buffs, lived it in 2013: creating a in the house. The flexible space has adapted to families over 80 years and can do so again. fenced concrete play area and two outdoor sitting areas, renovating Olivia said. “We couldn’t walk Across the river in her Eastthe kitchen, and turning the anywhere. I love being right mont Avenue house, Andrea basement into guest quarters downtown — it feels like we’re Johnson reflected on the recent and a playroom with a distincright in the middle of everypast of the First Street house tive baseball theme (note: The thing.” they’d just left. “The yard was Johnson’s wedding was at Safeco Because they were going for in pretty bad shape when we Field, they honeymooned in vintage charm with an urban bought it — totally overgrown. Cooperstown, NY). vibe, Olivia and Mike were will- And every wall, even up the Andrea was philosophical ing to adjust to three levels with staircase, was covered in gray about the five years of work the laundry on the lowest, small wallpaper.” Her own choice of they put into the place. She closets and just one bath for finishes and colors, and Justin’s the three upstairs bedrooms. A laudable landscaping, helped the knows every family has personal formal dining room adjoins the (next) buyers to see it at its best. preferences and needs, and she expects that the new owners are kitchen, but the cozy breakfast An older home tends to draw eager to make big changes of nook will have new banquette walkers-by who’ve either lived their own. seating for everyday meals. there or watched it for decades

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rustic-look tile flooring and allaround kitchen updates are on the calendar, and paint colors will change: a lime wall to neutral, blue walls to gray. Olivia’s stepdad, who hates flying but loves fix-ups, will visit from New York and help with some building projects. They want the sound and ambience of a wood-burning fireplace so will take out the gas one. Will the baseball-themed downstairs den stay intact? “Maybe,” said Olivia. “It’s pretty cool… we’ll see about that.” All over town somebody has bought a brand new or lived-in home and is busy moving into their own up-and-coming dream house to start life anew. With this satisfying transaction, Andrea’s big teenagers can get in a round of golf in the morning, and Olivia’s little girls can see a castle (Craigmuir) from their window and walk down the street for ice creams. Everybody wins. Kelly Thompson from Premier One Properties, listing agent, helped Andrea and Justin sell the house; Christie Kay LaMountain from Windermere, selling agent, helped Olivia and Mike buy the house.

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town. I graduated from EHS in 1963. My life long love affair with dogs began when my family lived in a starter home on North James Avenue in the ’50s. My husband and I retired to Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico in January. Our 14-month-old Blue Merle Sheltie (Bleu) accompanied us. We had every intention of rescuing a companion for him. We visited Lucky Dog Rescue near Lake Chapala; we are 35 miles south of Guadalajara. This rescue facility was fabulous... spacious, clean and well staffed by volunteers. Some local veterinarians donated the land and well-organized volunteers run the place. Mexico has many street dogs and the large expatriate community has taken many of these dogs under their wing, having fundraisers for spay and neuter clinics. The rescues are “no kill” and successfully find forever homes for most of their dogs. Bailey was being bathed by a volunteer when I first saw her. She had been at Lucky Dog Rescue for a month. As luck would have it, she is

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a month younger than Bleu so they are well matched in spirit and energy. As she dried in the sunshine, her hair curled into black and white ringlets and I fell in love with her. We have had her for a month. She and Bleu are “besties” and they spend their days racing, chasing, wrestling, rolling, eating flowers, sleeping and eating. I have a dog trainer coming to the house once a week so we can develop good manners. Bleu is getting a refresher course while Bailey is finding her inner dignity. I’m all for rescuing dogs and cats. We were certainly gifted by the Patron Saint of Dogs when Bailey found us. — Sharon St. John >> RANDOM QUOTE

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Take a second look at versatile radishes This veggie grows in many

colors and many tastes — yet it is almost only served as a snack on the side of the plate, as an hors’ d’oeuvre or as the last remnant of a vegetable platter. Radishes deserve a second look because they are easy to grow. They are delicious cooked as well. Radishes are round or elongated, black, white, red or pink. Daikon radish, a very large white vegetable, is featured in Asiatic dishes both cooked and raw. The growing conditions dictate the heat in the taste. Often people plant radishes in early, early spring because the back of the seed package says to plant the seeds as soon as the soil can be worked. But cold soil means poor germination rate, and, worse, a poor tasting vegetable. Radishes planted in early spring can take six to nine weeks to reach maturity, and this slow growth often produces radishes that are too hot and too woody. Don’t despair if your radishes are too hot and woody; let the plants go to flower and eat the little white flowers and young leaves in salads. They taste sweet and peppery. A good time to plant radishes is in late August. The soil is warm, the seeds will germinate rapidly, and the roots will swell to harvest size within a month. Plant another crop in midSeptember and be eating fresh radishes as late as November. I like to plant some radishes in June — especially the whitetipped red French radish which matures in June in three weeks. Radishes, of course, can be nibbled raw straight from the garden or eaten as sprouted seeds, sliced thin, sprinkled with salt and nibbled with a

sliced into rounds 3 carrots peeled and sliced into rounds 2 shallots, peeled and quartered 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon minced basil Salt/pepper Preheat the oven. Put the roasting pan in the oven to preheat as well. Distribute the vegetables on the pan. Roast for 20 minutes. This year plant a variety of radishes and try them cooked rather than just eating them raw. Take out of the oven. boil. Remove from heat. Sprinkle on the vinegar, basil and beer, sliced as a topping for Add the vegetables and stir well. salt and pepper. Let stand five mintacos. Moreover, they can be Cool. utes. grilled, fried, sautéed, pickled. Put in a large glass jar with a tight Pickling is one of the most lid. Serve as a vegetable dish or as an common ways to preserve radLet sit in refrigerator for 3 days appetizer. ishes. It can take just a few days before sampling.

to pickle radishes. My friend, Flo B. Free, has made this dish for 40 years to serve for barbecues. She keeps it for up to a month in the refrigerator — or at least plans to, but most of the pickles are eaten within a week or so.

Flo’s pickled radishes 5 cups radishes, root and leaves removed 3 cups cauliflower broken into tablespoon-sized florets 2 small hot chilies whole 2 cups sliced carrots 2 sliced green peppers Pickling sauce: 2 cup cider vinegar 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 2 teaspoons salt Bring the sauce ingredients to a June 2018 | The Good Life

I love the French radishes, sliced thinly, sautéed in butter and served on slices of homemade white bread. This is a perfect accompaniment to a cool summer soup. Daikon radish is sweet and crunchy raw. It is large enough to grate coarsely. Sprinkle with two tablespoons lemon juice. Serve with freshly barbecued trout or salmon. The Daikon becomes even more flavorful when roasted.

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This would make a wonderful June luncheon on the patio. 20 minutes; serves 4 5 cups of sliced or grated radishes 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 cup of buttermilk 1 cup of milk 1/2 cup finely minced chives 1/4 cup finely minced parsley In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the radishes and sauté until slightly soft. Stir in the cornstarch. Add both milks. Warm to a simmer. Stir in the herbs. Serve either hot, cold or room temperature with crusty bread and fresh berries. Bonnie Orr — the dirt diva — cooks and gardens in East Wenatchee.

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Cultivate vitality for a zestier life “The supreme good of life is vitality.” — Roberto Unger, philosopher, politician, law professor

’m working on building my vitality. The subject first came up when our granddaughters came to visit my husband and me during their spring break in April. To say the girls are full of vitality, zest and vigor does not come close to capturing their exuberant enthusiasm for life. Sometimes we were exhausted as we tried to keep up; but, surprisingly, much of the time, we could rise to the occasion. The kids’ spirit rubbed off on us. We did the scavenger hunt and played freeze tag at the Cashmere museum and Rotary Park (my husband said he’d never seen me run that fast); hiked up to Hidden Lake and frolicked on the beach at Lake Wenatchee; skated, played pickleball, and ran around at Confluence Park. My husband was rosy-cheeked as he played the big-bad wolf. People in the park gave him kudos. We felt young again. Some researchers say that zest is more strongly related to happiness and well-being than any other trait. Author and consultant Tony Schwartz says energy is the fundamental currency of high performance. What exactly is this thing we call vitality? Researchers have many synonyms for vitality (for example, vigor, zest, enthusiasm, liveliness, pep, energy, spirit), but basically it’s the experience of feeling alive. Vitality is quite different from those states that are active, but unfocused like jumpiness and jitteriness. One researcher calls

done. I wasn’t sick. I wasn’t tired. Nothing was bothering me. Without the kids, my pep appeared to have petered out. I could see awful visions of myself living the rest of my life napping in an easy chair while watching reruns of Gunsmoke. It seemed to me that something was seriously wrong with my chi. As I researched ways to renew my energy, I found these possibilities for restoration. Get moving. Three of June Darling’s granddaughters, Mckinsey Darling, Anna Darling and Sierra Darling, Activity is not just enjoy their view after climbing the “gremlin tree” on the south shore of Lake Wenatchee. Bea sign of vitality, ing around grandchildren can bring pep to life. Photo by John Darling. it’s a way to arouse zest. Sports, vitality “calm-energy.” lifting-weights, yoga, dance. Any The Chinese think people with type of movement is not only zest have tapped into chi, a vital good for our bodies, but also force of energy that is the source pumps up our spirits. Just taking of life, creativity, right action a short, 10-minute, brisk walk and harmony. can make us feel more alive People who are vital are fully especially when done outside. functioning — active, experiencMovement is the most reliable ing meaning and purpose rather and impactful way of increasing than feeling lost, disconnected zest. and aimless. Writer Andrew Do something fulfilling, someSolomon says, “the opposite of ment and possible broken bones. thing you like to do. depression is not happiness, but The next day, in the middle of Many of us relentlessly drive vitality.” the afternoon, I locked myself ourselves to do tasks we hate Several days after the kids into a little-used room in my and find meaningless without left, I was watching a film in a house where nobody could find adding anything interesting to communal setting. I almost fell me; pulled covers over my head our day. No wonder we don’t out of my seat several times as I and took a two-hour nap. After- want to get out of bed in the nodded off. I had to get up and wards, I tried to attack my work, morning. We have nothing to leave to save myself embarrassbut I couldn’t seem to get much look forward to.

My husband was rosy-cheeked as he played the big-bad wolf. People in the park gave him kudos. We felt young again.

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Hang out with vital people... If we want to be more vital, then we need to stop spending a lot of time with apathetic, dispirited, couch potatoes. Read, socialize, garden, draw, restore an old piece of furniture. Do whatever you find engaging, fun, or that matters to you. Learn something new, do something new, go somewhere different. Take a class, listen to TED talks, try playing an instrument, go on an adventure. Sometimes just a drive out of town can feel refreshing. The point here is to use novelty to wake yourself up mentally. Hang out with vital people. Others do rub off on us. Just watching kids play can be invigorating. If we want to be more vital, then we need to stop spending a lot of time with apathetic, dispirited, couch potatoes. Listen to I Feel Good by James

‘We hope to age as gracefully’ as Great, great Aunt Dorothy is

ive years ago, I submitted an article for the June 2013 The Good Life about my great, great aunt Dorothy Reed who was turning 100. After reading June Darling’s article, “Better at Getting Older,” in the May 2018 issue, I thought The Good Life readers might like to know that GG Aunt Dorothy is still living the good life on her own and will turn 105 on June 9. The six qualities that June noticed about her friend Jane Hensel are also present in Aunt Dorothy — healthy regimen, gratitude, positive memories, hobby (she still quilts and gardens), social life, and concern about the future. To those of us who assist her out-of-town children in keeping an eye on her, she is our “bucket filler.” Her positive outlook, interBrown. I did not make this up. The music seems to work for a lot of folks. They don’t call

Great, great aunt Dorothy Reed

est in life, wit and wisdom, and especially her love for her family and friends is an inspiration to us. We hope that we might age as gracefully as she is doing all the while enjoying the good life! — ’Tricia Devereaux Brown the world’s godfather of soul for nothing. Happy by Pharrell Williams

also tunes folks up. (If you’re a country western or classical music lover, I’m guessing other choices might work better). This is probably one of the easiest and quickest possibilities for recharging. These ideas helped me make a plan for re-energizing myself. Maybe your chi could use a kick in the pants too. June is a great month for experimenting with raising your zest. The Wenatchee Valley is the perfect place for moving your body, adventuring and hanging out with vital folks. Walk, ride, hike, swim, paddle, garden, play, climb rocks and trees — come alive and be young again. I don’t know if vitality is the supreme good of life as philosopher Roberto Unger claims, but there’s no doubt that vigor, by its many names and in its variety of forms, is a large contributor to helping us live well. How might you increase your vitality and move up To The Good Life? June Darling, Ph.D. can be contacted at drjunedarling1@gmail.com; website: www.summitgroupresources. com. Her bio and many of her books can be found at amazon.com/author/ junedarling.

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Cell phone addiction: Real and depressing The iPhone was launched in

2007, and when it was unveiled, Steve Jobs called it a revolutionary and a magical product that was five years ahead of any other mobile phone. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, said it was the most expensive phone in the world. That expense didn’t seem to deter consumers since by 2016 over 1 billion of these phones had been sold. A recent Pew Research study showed 77 percent of Americans own smart phones, an increase from 35 percent in 2011. It makes me wonder with the cost of these phones as well as the monthly cell phone service, how so many families can afford them. What are they sacrificing to keep this habit going? It might surprise some people that using a “smart” cell phone can be considered addicting. One definition of addiction is the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice that is psychologically or physically habit forming. There are several “tests” to see if a person is “addicted” to their phone. A relatively simple one follows: n Do you panic when you have misplaced or can’t find your phone? n Are you on your phone during social interactions or in the presence of your family? n Do you carry your smart phone everywhere you go even when you go to the bathroom? (I’ve heard of people taking them into the shower as well.) n Do you go to sleep and wake up looking at your phone. We know looking at your cell phone or computer just before trying to sleep decreases your natural melatonin level which decreases your ability to get a good night’s sleep.

People using social media to excess are 27 percent more likely to be depressed. This isn’t just a teenage or millennial issue. Now in the 21st Century there is a new term for the fear of not being able to use your cell phone or other smart device. That term is nomophobia. It is derived from: NO MObile PHOne phoBIA. I am not making this up. I believe smart phones are a remarkable invention and are very useful. It’s the misuse and over use leading to dependency that concerns me as a physician. A recent columnist wrote about our nation’s current “loneliness” epidemic. Relationships are a valuable life-creating resource for any society. They help us not only to survive but also to grow emotionally and to thrive. It is estimated 40 percent of us say we are lonely, so it isn’t surprising our suicide rates currently are at a 30 year high. The rate of depression is also increasing. A recent article suggests cell phones are accelerating social collapse in this country. Cell phones have been suggested to result in a decreasing level of teenage dating (which might make some parents happy) but it also is an activity that helps young people prepare for adulthood. People using social media to excess are 27 percent more likely to be depressed. This isn’t just a teenage or millennial issue. A global survey suggested 56

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percent of teenagers think their parents check their devices too often and 32 percent felt “unimportant” when their parents are distracted by their phones. There is a growing body of evidence of the negative effects smart phones and the internet have on our minds when used in excess. A Korean study of teenage boys who had been diagnosed with cell phone addiction underwent brain imaging and other studies. They had a higher level of a neurotransmitter called GABA that inhibits brain neurons rather than the neurotransmitter that energizes brain cells. These young boys had poorer attention spans and emotional control and were more vulnerable to distractions. This suggests when one is too dependent or addicted to a smart phone, they are damaging their ability to be attentive. I suspect our over-burdened teachers are well aware of inattentive students in their classrooms but might not have suspected the role cell phones were playing in this. According to most surveys, so-called “millennials” (born between 1982 and 2004) are the biggest users of smartphones and most likely to fall into the “addicted” category. Nevertheless according to a recent study, half of all teenagers feel “addicted” to their cell phones. About 78 percent of teens check their phones hourly. Being connected to their phones often means they are disconnected from others, leading to isolation, decreased interpersonal relationships and social skills. Like any addiction we hope for some solution or help for those who are caught up in a habitual behavior. Some of the activities

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that have been suggested for cell phone addiction are: n Put you phone on silent a good part of the day. n Turn off your phone and put it away when you are with your friends and family. Be attentive to them and their conversation rather than your phone. n Don’t sleep with your phone. Turn it off and put it in a drawer. You will definitely sleep better. n Detox — use a weekend to go without your phone. Give your brain a chance to normalize periodically. During the last election I quit Facebook since I was too upset by the vitriolic comments and hatred flooding it from all directions. I do not miss it. My wife thought I was using my phone too much. Recently my phone’s battery was dying so I sent it in to Apple for a battery replacement. After going a week without my iPhone, I realized I really didn’t miss it all that much, and I could go without it much of the time. I am making a commitment to myself to use my cell phone less and not take it with me where ever I go. If anyone wants to contact me it can go to voice mail, gmail or text. It will still be there later when I get together with my cell phone. There can’t be that much important in the 2.6 million emails that are sent every second worldwide every day. Jim Brown, M.D., is a retired gastroenterologist who has practiced for 38 years in the Wenatchee area. He is a former CEO of the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

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Lupine — like a wolf — is pretty but dangerous By Jaana Hatton

Their pods each contain two or more edible beans. But beware: this is no fast food!

Bluish, purplish, even white

— these are the colors of lupine flowers in first bloom until they dry and turn brown. Their colors delight us through the spring and early summer. The plant likes dry, well-drained soil — except the wetland lupine, which of course thrives in a wet environment. There are an astonishing amount, Jaana Hatton is a up to 600 freelance writer varieties, of and a Wenatchee lupine: Texas area resident since 2013. She grew up bluebonnet, free as a bird in Coulter’s luthe woodlands pine, Nootka of Finland and lupine… I continues to be enchanted by all won’t list things living and them all. wild. But I will tell you the basic characteristics: the plant is either herbaceous or woody, depending on the variety. It grows between one to five feet in height. It has several stems with

palmately divided leaves. Flowers grow up along the stalk in tiered whorls, forming an overall cone shape. The name “lupine” may refer to its wolflike (lupus) ability to thrive in distant locations where

wolves also dwell. Another explanation is that the plant ravages the soil like wolves attack their prey. Lupines have been around since time immemorial, all around the globe. The Egyp-

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A little girl who desperately wants to grow up and 3 women who are making it possible When I am 13, I’ll be a great Queen Then I won’t have to cook and I won’t have to clean…

By Susan Lagsdin

his is not an excerpt from the diary of new Windsor wife Meghan Markle, nor is it part of a fairy tale you missed in childhood. It’s not a haiku, nor a rap lyric. It is one snippet from a soon-to-be published 36-page children’s book, Little Mary Elizabeth Has Just Turned 3. The story, told in rhyming verse, is about accepting the best in yourself at any stage of life, and it’s brought three local women together in an unexpectedly pleasurable labor of love. Watercolorists Carol Brewer and Adelle Johnson are coillustrating the book, which has gradually evolved from a journal that their dear friend Jon Browder left behind at his death in February of 2015. Jon initiated the first lines of text, accompanied by rough conceptual drawings, several years ago. Fortunately for his artistic heirs, he redefined them in a second version in 2007. Jon’s wife Sharon found both the artist’s journals for Mary Elizabeth only recently, when she finally sorted out boxes stored in their garage. Sharon knew that throughout Jon’s long and varied career, much of it in technical illustration, photography and design, he’d harbored hopes of publishing a successful children’s book. (Early on, he’d published one with such a low-key presence, entitled Big Red Ants Don’t Wear Pants, that she only learned about it 25 years later.) However, this “found” book — or rather lines of poetry and

The cover portrait of Mary Elizabeth at three was challenging because her expression would set the tone for the book. (“I finally decided to use my Grandson’s eyes” said illustrator Carol Brewer.)

accompanying drawings — showed promise, she thought, and might serve as both closure and an extension of her husband’s creative life. Sharon turned to Jon’s good friend and painting partner Adelle Johnson for help. Adelle jumped at the chance to finalize Jon’s book, but, she said, “I knew I couldn’t do this on my own — I really needed a partner. I asked Carol to join

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me, and once she heard the title, I knew I had her.” “Yes,” Carol added, “Little Mary Elizabeth…? That’s my own daughter’s name. How could I resist?” There’s another bit of irony in the process. Years ago, as Jon drew out his visual ideas for each of the short passages of text — like penciled cartoons — he was very careful at first. But as he gained comfort with

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the story he picked up his tempo and the sketches on the last pages became rougher, more suggestions than illustrations. Rarely is there a late page with one clean-lined figure to trace and fill with color. The good news? As Carol and Adelle worked on the first, clearest drawings, their own control over color, line and texture, as well as figurative re-drawing, increased. So, they are not stymied by the last pages that feature Jon’s slightly haphazard jottings. Nor are they intimidated by their notoriously unforgiving medium — watercolor’s known for having a tricky mind of its own, so they’ve opted for relatively dry brushes on dry paper. Hopefully, though they’ll footnote the process, the book with its primary colors and whimsical characters will appear upon first reading to be the work of one artist. Savvy adults may have fun playing mix ’n’ match, but no child is likely to be confused by the tandem paint brushes. As they sit together to pore over their freshly-painted panels, which they work on separately in their own home studios, Adelle’s and Carol’s comments go something like this: “OK — how long was the queen’s robe in yours? And, did you use some of that blue-ish purple for the shadows?” “How high do you want the throne to be? Or should it be just a chair on the second page? “I think her hair style looks the same in both — but is the color a little darker here, and here?” This type of elbow-to-elbow teamwork doesn’t come naturally to most visual artists, but

both women insist the collaboration has been fun, not frustrating, and their learning curve included a lot of giggling. When the going gets tough, the catalyst continues to be their respect for Jon and his vision. Jon became friends with both women and the other members of the Tuesday morning painting group that meets regularly at the former McDee’s Art Center (now Ridgeline Graphics). “The Tuesdays all started from one class about 16 years ago — and we just kept coming,” said Carol. Adelle joined 13 years ago; many original members still attend, so the women knew that there’d be other discerning and encouraging eyes on the project from the start. Since January of this year, Carol and Adelle have painted separately but in close alignment, page by alternating page, with facing panels (even numbers on the left, odd numbers on the right) analyzed for exactitude. Their marginal notes on the text, multiple tracings with a light board and a storyboard full of sticky notes attest to five months of good organizational strategy. Now that they are down to the last few pages, they are even emboldened to go back and revise some of their first paintings. The illustration project has been satisfying in a couple of ways. Carol said, referring to the Gladwell’s 10,000 hours theory, “This project has ‘forced’ me to paint almost daily, and that kind of practice really does bear fruit. Not only are my skills in putting paint to paper improving, my confidence is growing.” Adelle agreed, saying, “Illustrating the book has increased my confidence and made me love watercolor even more than I always have. Previously, I had never taken the time to paint every day.” Both are officers of the Wenatchee Watercolor Society and both exhibit their work locally, but the two artists have

Seated at Carol Brewer’s counter with a ceremonial showing of the pages are, left to right, Carol, Sharon Browder and Adelle Johnson. The six-month illustrating project is just about ready for publication.

varied backgrounds. was a deliberate one, ShaCarol has illustrated ron said, because Jon made previously and is game to strong connection to this produce another chilcommunity through his dren’s book after this art, his music, his storytellexperience. Growing up, ing and his church work. she drew and painted The challenge is to have often and studied design the finished product on in college but decided on area bookshelves by Christan education major. In mas 2018, so the pressure her elementary teaching is on. career, she said, “I often The painted illustrations incorporated art in my are almost complete, and classroom lessons — it’s a the book is gradually comnatural method of probing to life — line by line, lem-solving.” picture by picture — all beAdelle, discouraged cause of the love and artful early on by school art care of three good women. classes, had a nursing Each turn of the page career and only found her Every page signals Mary Elizabeth at a new, imagshows the 3-year-old girl voice, artistically speakined scene at an older age, always accompanied fantasizing her future, ing, 15 years ago upon by her little dog. Here she is at six, saying YUCK to dreaming of how good life baiting her own hook. a post-retirement move would be “if only.” Ultito San Carlos, Sonora, mately Little Mary ElizaMexico. For part of each year in the process but is content to beth learns to love her life every she enthusiastically studied and leave art to the artists, taking on day, one day at a time: painted with fellow sun-seekers, the role of project wrangler. learning to appreciate vibrant When I’m finally 14 and a big When the artwork is done, she color — and to appreciate her girl at last will handle the final details of own art. I will look in the mirror and see turning Jon’s dream into a book, The team is bigger than two. my short past… with the technical expertise of Sharon Browder calls herself All the fun and the joys that I Wenatchee graphics designer simply an “encourager,” but Brooks Davenport, who will pre- hoped I would see Adelle insists, “Sharon’s the And then I’ll be happy that I pare the pages for reproduction. boss.” She’s aware of every step really am ME… The choice to publish locally June 2018 | The Good Life

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fun stuff what to do around here for the next month NCW BLUES JAM, every second and fourth Monday. 7 – 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. Homegrown Country Jam, every first and third Monday night, 7 to 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. Wenatchee Paddle Club, every Tuesday, 9 a.m. open paddle, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 a.m. masters crew rowing, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. novice kayak paddle group, Saturdays, 7 a.m. masters crew rowing. Info: wenatcheepaddle.org. Upper Valley Running Club Run, every Tuesday, 4:30 – 6 p.m. check in time. Maps available for a marked 3 mile trail route. Run or walk. Participate 10 or more times and earn a run club tech t-shirt. Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. Info: sleepinglady.com. 1 million cups, every first Wednesday of the month. 8 a.m. sharp. Entrepreneurs discover solutions and thrive when they collaborate over a million cups of coffee. Come join this supportive, dynamic community and hear from two businesses that are between 1 – 5 years old. Discover how we can help move them forward in a positive environment, fueled by caffeine. Coffee provided by Mela Coffee Roasting. Wenatchee Valley Chamber office, 137 N. Wenatchee Ave. Weekly Club Runs, every Thursday check in between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. at Pybus Public Market south entrance. Either a 5k or 10k walk or run on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail. Complete 10 weekly runs and receive a free shirt. Cost: free (other than a smile). 2 Left Feet, every Thursday, 7 – 9 p.m. 2 Left Feet is a loose organization of local dance enthusiasts who would like to see more dancing in the Wenatchee Valley. Beginner lesson at the top of the hour followed by carefree social dancing. No partner necessary to join in the fun. Dance style will be 1940s swing with a bit of salsa, blues, waltz or tango thrown in. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Leavenworth Community Farmers market, Thursdays 4 – 8 p.m. Offers everything from local eggs, meats, cheeses and breads to local produce, fruits, prepared foods, local crafts and more. Lions

Club Park, Leavenworth. Info: leavenworthfarmersmarket.org. Game Night, every 4th Friday. Board games, card games or any games you bring. Open to families and all ages. Hosted by Pacific Crest Church. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org. Wenatchee Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. and starting 6/20, every Wednesday, 3 – 7 p.m. Pybus Public Market. Quincy Farmers Market, now thru Sept. 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lauzier Park. Info: instagram @ quincywafarmersmarket, twitter @ _Farm-Market also on Facebook. Jam at the Crow, 7 – 10 p.m. Every first Sunday. The Club Crow in Cashmere, 108 1/2 Cottage Ave. Cost: free. Cruizin Chelan Classic Car Show, 6/1-2. All day. Coupes, sedans and street rods plus Pacific Northwest Pro Classic BBQ Competition. Tasting sample $2. Downtown Chelan. Info: cruizinchelan. com. The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, 6/1, 7:30 p.m. Live performance from an amazingly well crafted, controlled explosion of talent, the range and depth of the music performed by this trio is remarkable says the American Blues Scene. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $11 - $25. Info: numericapac.org. First Friday Events Include: *Two Rivers Art Gallery, 6/1, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring Jane Walter Bousman. Jane is teacher of children, art teacher and illustrator of historical novels, The Strawberry Mountain Series by Jae Carvel and a soon-to-be-published children’s poetry book by author Nancy Bond. Jane said, “Artists stimulate appreciation of the world and art helps us know ourselves.” Wines by 37 Cellars. Music by jazz duo Well Strung, Jac Tiechner and Steve Sanders. Complimentary refreshments. 102 N Columbia, Wenatchee. Cost: free. Info: 2riversgallery.com. *Tumbleweed Bead Co., 6/1, 5-7 p.m. Refreshments served. 105 Palouse St. Cost: free. Info: tumble-

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weedbeadco.com. *Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 6/1, 5. – 8 p.m. Light refreshments. Info: Wenatchee.org. *Robert Graves Gallery, 6/1, 5 – 7 p.m. Info: robertgravesgallery. org. *Mela, 6/1, 5 – 8 p.m. 17 N. Wenatchee Ave. Cost: free. Chef Fest, 6/1, 7 – 9 p.m. – The Hot Stove Society. Top chefs from Seattle’s Tom Douglas Restaurants group will guide you through cooking demos and delectable tastings in the beautiful setting of the Icicle Ridge Winery. 6/2, 6 – 9:30 p.m. – Main Event at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts’ Snowy Owl Theater starring six chefs battling it out for your vote in the Chef Showcase and the annual Appetite for the Arts Live Auction. Info: icicle.org. Mike Bills, 6/1, 7 – 9 p.m. Live performance on the rail car. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Red Devil Run, 6/2, 6:30 a.m. 50k, 25k and 10k trail runs in the Wenatchee National Forest south of Cashmere. Fundraiser for Chelan County Mountain Rescue. The new 50K starts and ends at Sandcreek Trailhead and includes the Red Devil, Red Hill, Devil’s Gulch and Mission Ridge trails to form a loop. The 25K — also a loop with the start and finish at Sandcreek Trailhead — includes the Red Devil, Red Hill and Devil’s Gulch trails. The 25K features about 3,000 feet of elevation gain. The out-and-back 10K, which also starts and ends at the Sandcreek Trailhead, has an elevation gain of 1,000 feet. Info: runwenatchee.com. Bavarian bike and Brew, 6/2, 8 a.m. 8 mile loop with 1,780 vertical gain per lap. Each lap has four creek crossings, challenging single track clime and a RAD “flow” trail with massive wall rides and berms for the ride down. Music and sunshine. Info: cwevergreenmtb.org. Apple Century Bike Ride, 6/2, all day. Start at Pybus Pubic Market, follow the river as it winds through Monitor, Cashmere, Dryden and Peshastin to Leavenworth. The 100 milers will continue on to the Lake Wenatchee Fire Station then turn around and come

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back to Pybus. Proceeds help high risk high school students finish school with a two year scholarship. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Sleeping Lady Bird Walk, 6/2, 16, 8 a.m. Join retired wildlife biologist, nature journalist and artist, Heather Murphy for an informative walk; and earn your Sleeping Lady Birder patch. Over the past 31 years she has recorded 109 species of birds in the Sleeping Lady area, which is documented in the Citizen Science eBird program at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Meet at the gazebo in the organic garden at Sleeping Lady. Cost: free. Don’t forget your binoculars! Village Art in the Park, 6/2, 3, 8, 9, 19, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 7/1, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Outdoor village art show sponsored by local nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing scholarships for art education using a venue that supports amateur and professional artists. Downtown Leavenworth. Info: villageinthepark.org. Cancer survivorship walk and music celebration, 6/2-3, 9 a.m. Music by the Saddle Rockers and Beth Fitchet Wood and Steve Wood. Walk for free, $40 buffet and music, $15 music only. Icicle Village Resort. Info: easecancer.org/ cancer-survivors-day.pdf. Leavenworth Spring Wine Walk, 6/2, 9 a.m. Stroll, sip and savor through downtown Leavenworth and taste at 20 tasting rooms and special tasting sites. Complimentary wine glass bottle tote, prizes, specialty cheeses from the Cheesemonger and live music. Cost: $45 per person or $80 couple. Wenatchee Riverfront Railway train, 6/3, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Ride the mini train. 155 N Worthen, east end of the railroad pedestrian bridge. Cost: $2. Bare Bones Tour of the Mansion Renovation, 6/2, noon. Walk through the Conrad Rose Mansion. During the tour you will be able to see the bare bones structure of the past and hear about the future plans for the mansion. Info: wvmcc.org. The buzz about bees – honey, wax, and mead – oh my, 6/4, 6 p.m. The products that bees produce

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give us a whole host of amazing goodness from honey to sweeten foods, wax to be used for candles and coatings and even mead to liven up the party. Try a sample or two. Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth. Info: wenatcheeriverinstitute.org. Washington Federal Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening, 6/7, 4 – 7 p.m. Grand opening for Washington Federal. Catering provided by 2 Chefs Catering, beer and wine and fun giveaways. 830 N Wenatchee Ave. Info: washingtonfederal.com/locations/Washington/Wenatchee-north-wenatchee. Upper Valley Nature Walks, 6/5, 2 – 5 p.m. Join Connie McCauley to explore the Ski Hill area, looking at wildflowers, birds and wildlife in this 2 to 3 hour walk. Meet at the Ski Hill parking lot in Leavenworth. Cost: free. Info: 6679708 or hillary@cdlandtrust.org. Writing for Clarity, 6/7, 1 – 2:30 p.m. Free beneficial writing sessions in front of the Community Kitchen at Pybus Public Market. Bring a notebook and pen. Facilitated by Pat Turner. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Slim Chance, 6/8, 7 – 9 p.m. Live performance on the rail car. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Soul 2 sole 5k run/walk, 6/9, 8:30 a.m. All proceeds benefit the scholarship fund for The King’s Garden, a ministry of Lighthouse Christian Ministries. Start and finish at Pybus Market’s north parking lot. Register: webscorer.com/ register?raceid=125664. Geology at Mountain Home, 6/10, 1 – 3:30 p.m. Did you know that there used to be hundreds of feet of ice where Leavenworth is now? Join geologist Brent Cunderla for a hike on Mountain Home property to find out how we know this and more about the geology of the Upper Valley. The dramatic views of the Icicle River Valley from atop Mountain Home Ridge show the amazing geology and ecology of our region and remind us why this is such an important place to protect. Must RSVP 667-9708 or hillary@cdlandtrust.org. Lions Club Community Breakfast, 6/9, 23, 7/14, 28, 8/11, 25, 98, 22, 29. 7:30 – 11 a.m. 10/6, 13, 8 – 11

a.m. All you can eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and milk. Proceeds go to projects: sight, hearing and diabetes health education and services, local food banks, college scholarships, scouts, youth sports, Special Olympics and other community projects. Cost: $7, $3.50 kids 4-10, under 4 free, active military with ID free. Info: leavenworthlions.com. NW Epic Series, 6/9, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Bike cycling event at Echo Ridge, Chelan. Info: nwepicseries.comn/ events. Native Heritage tour, 6/9, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. This tour features the homeland of the Methow Tribe with stops at culturally significant locations in Methow River Valley including the new Pateros Park, the blue stone quarries at Alta Lake, traditional fishing and root vegetable gathering sites, the Methow Valley Interpretive center and the Washington Pass overlook of Liberty Bell or Broken Tooth. Tribal elder Randy Lewis is the guide. Cost: $55. Info: wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/ bus-tours. Bike ‘n Juice, 6/9, 9 a.m. – noon. A morning of bike racing, obstacle courses for all ages, juice, cookies, lunch, raffles, face painting, bike decorating and more. Leavenworth Ski Hill. Info: bikenjucie.com.

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Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Leavenworth, 6/9, 10 a.m. See the places like the railroad tracks, city hall, movie theater and hear the history of Leavenworth. Upper valley Museum. Cost: $5. Info: uppervalleymuseum.org. Sleeping Lady Organic Garden Tour, 6/9, 23, 10 a.m. Join garden staff for a tour, learn about environmentally friendly gardening techniques; and earn your Sleeping Lady Green Thumb patch. In addition to using natural fertilizers, and regular crop rotation to improve the soil, the staff attracts beneficial insects to maintain the health and sustainability of the garden. The tour will include a stop in the greenhouse, which extends the growing season providing the Sleeping Lady culinary team with fresh produce and herbs throughout the year. Cost: free. Pay it Forward Day, 6/9, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Businesses and people throughout the valley are partnering together to provide free groceries, dental products, dental fillings and extractions, free hair cuts

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}}} Continued from previous page and nail services, blood pressure screenings, photography sessions, prizes and giveaways plus fun for the kids. Plus how can you pass up free lunch? First come first serve while supplies last. To make a free dental appointment for extractions and fillings call 509-470-2883. Calvary Crossroads Church, 1301 Maple St. Wenatchee. Cost: free. Adrienne’s Dance Academy: Let’s Go Crazy, 6/9, 4:30 p.m. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $25 adults, $20 senior, $3 youth. Info: numericapac.org. Ladies Alpine Invitational, 6/13, 8 a.m. Complimentary Continental breakfast, closest to pin and long drive holes, raffle. Leavenworth Golf Club. Info: leavenworthgolf. com. Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth? 6/13, 7 p.m. Author David George Gordon evaluates the data gathered about the legendary Northwest icon, discusses the rules of critical thinking and the workings of the scientific method, and explains how one can become an effective citizen scientist by gathering credible evidence that can be used to substantiate the Sasquatch’s status as either man-ape or myth. Barn Beach Reserve. Info: wenatcheeriverinstitute.org. Horse Lake Reserve eBird Monitoring Project, 6/14, 7/12, 8/16, 9/20, 10/11, 11/8. Meet at 6 a.m. at the end of the pavement on Horse Lake Road to carpool up the gravel road. Walk a 5-mile route, stopping at 7 points to conduct 10-minute counts. All data is entered into eBird. Learn about bird use within the variety of habitats that include areas burned in 2015 wildfire. Info: susan@cdlandtrust.org or 6697820. WENATCHEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, 6/15 - 17. One of the longest running Bluegrass festivals in Eastern Washington. Headliners are: IBMA Award WinnersFlatt Lonesome; Alan Bibey and Grasstowne; Special Consensus; SPGMA Nominee - The Kody Norris Show; Northwest Favorites – Old Growth Quartet and Rusty Hinges. Cost - $25 - $35. Camping available. Detailed info on web www. WenatcheeRiverBluegrass.com or call 548-1230 or 421-0494.

Vince Allis and Markus Hoyer, 6/15, 7 – 9 p.m. Live performance on the rail car. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org. Hiking Challenge, 6/16, 7 – 9 a.m. Improve your health, be a part of a team, take home prizes and be entered to win one of many grand prizes at the end of the hiking season. Castle Rock. Register: cdlandtrust.org/2018hikingchallenge. Echo Valley Trail Run, 6/16, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. One mile kids race, 10k, half-marathon, marathon and 50k trail run. Raffle prizes, fully stocked aid stations, music and a wide selection of post race grub at the finish line. Lake Chelan. Info: evergreentrailruns.com. Pangborn Aviation Day, 6/16, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Miss Veedol and other aircraft on display, helicopter rides - $45, free drawings, free kids activities, Numerica photo booth, free tours of the Historic Flight Foundation’s DC3 – once the VIP aircraft for Johnson and Johnson – book a ride in the DC3 for one hour, $295. Pangborn Airport. Info: 886-0233. Dedication of Dr. Archie Van Doren Heritage marker, 6/16, 10 a.m. at the Lodge at Scout-aVista. The Scout-a-Vista Lodge was named in honor of Archie for his years of support and volunteer work for the Boy Scouts of America. Archie’s son and daughter-inlaw Fritz and Donna wanted a more permanent marker, and through volunteer help and fund raising the Dr. Archie Van Doren Heritage Marker was created. All are welcome to attend with refreshments following a short program. Autoimmune support group meeting, 6/16, 10 – 11:30 a.m. A support group for those with an autoimmune disease and their family members. Confluence Heath rooms F and G on the lower floor. Cost: free. Fabulous Feet Dance Studio #29: The Greatest Show, 9/16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Cost: $19, $16. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Info: numericapac.org. Falling Cow Country Wine Festival, 6/16, all day. Enjoy farm animals, the hay hunt, crafts, raffles, live music, photo fun, games BBQ from The BBQ in the Vineyard. Don’t miss the highlight of falling parachute cows, dropped by helicopter. Lake Chelan Winery. Info: lakechelanwinery.com/eve. Family Fun at the Garden, 6/16,

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10 a.m. – noon. Find a garden hideaway, discover new friends and share stories from the garden. Community Education Garden, 1100 N Western Ave. Ale Trail, 6/16, noon – 5 p.m. Featuring breweries and ciders from across Washington State. Stop in businesses downtown and taste featured selections. Cost: $20 if pre-purchased and $25 the day of the event. Tickets include 8 tasting tokens and a signature 5 oz glass. Downtown Wenatchee. Plein Air Paint Out, 6/16 and 17. The annual contest for the top three paintings painted on site will begin with a sign-in 6 a.m. on June 16 at Two Rivers Art Gallery and a $20 registration fee. This year the title is “Paint any prominent subject that helps define where we live.” Prizes include $200 first place, $100 second and $50 third. Paintings must be turned in by 4 p.m. Sunday, June 17.

foundation@cascademedical.org. Advance Care Planning Workshop, 6/19, and every 3rd Tuesday of the month, noon - 1 p.m. Who will speak for you if you couldn’t speak for yourself to help future medical decisions? Gain an understanding of Advance Care Planning and the role of a Healthcare Agent. Get assistance in completing your own Advance Directive. Confluence Health Sleep Study Center, 1000 A Miller St. Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, 6/2124, 8 a.m. Accordion competitions, workshops, concerts, free performances at the gazebo, grange and restaurants, free accordion lessons, accordion parade Saturday, accordion vendors, jam session and more. Downtown Leavenworth. Info: accordioncelebration.org.

Wenatchee Riverfront Railway train, 6/17, 1 – 5 p.m. Ride the mini train. 155 N Worthen, east end of the railroad pedestrian bridge. Cost: $2.

Plant Defense and IPM, 6/21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Learn about plant defense systems, new and emerging pests and how to best manage pest problems through integrated pest management practices. North Central Regional Library, 16 N Columbia St. Info: pdinius@wsu.edu.

Cascade Golf Classic, 6/18, 11 a.m. – noon registration, 12:30 p.m. Shotgun start. Enjoy a full day of golf, food, competition and prizes. Lunch and dinner. Leavenworth Golf Course. Cost: $150. Benefits Cascade Medical Foundation. Info:

Solstice Run, 6/21, 6 p.m. Wenatchee’s first Solstice run 5k. The course will begin and end outside Pybus Public Market. Runners and walkers will travel by Badger Mountain Brewery, Columbia Valley Brewery and Wenatchee Valley

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Brewery where you receive wrist bands. Race is not timed. Must be 21 or older. Info: runwenatchee. com/events/solstice-run.

Sip and Paint, 6/24, 3- 4:30 p.m. Join us out the Icicle for a relaxing afternoon at The Grotto Bar, painting alongside friends, or making new ones. Includes all supplies for you to complete your own Sunset, Mtn and Trees trucker hat, just in time for the arrival of summer; with step by step instruction by our Sip and Paint Teacher. No experience is necessary. Aprons provided, but clothing for painting is suggested. $35 per person. Beer, wine and artisan cocktails will be available for purchase. Visit http://www. sipandpaint.org/shop/june-24that-the-grotto-at-sleeping-lady to reserve your hat and brush today.

The Skiffs, 6/22, 7 – 9 p.m. Live performance on the rail car. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Century Challenge, 6/23, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Bike race. A cloverleaf design passing through orchards and vineyards into the mountainous terrain surrounding Lake Chelan. The ride is 105.3 miles with total elevation gain at 9,609 feet. Info: cyclechelan.com. Write on the River fiction Workshop, 6/23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Workshop will feature Bill Johnson and Anthea Sharp. Bill will present “Nailing Narrative Tension” and Anthea will present “Writing to Market – It’s not what you think!” Sign up for a manuscript critique as well. Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchi Hall. Info: writeontheriver.org. Wenatchee Pride Festival, 6/23, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. To peacefully connect as a community of LGBTQ+ families and straight allies and come together as one to show that

eleine Vandel. 6/29, 30, 7 p.m. 444 Dempsey Rd. Cost: $40. Info: mshendricks@hotmail.com.

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Eden Moody, 6/29, 7 – 9 p.m. Live performance on the rail car. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Dog Days of Summer, 6/30, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bring your well behaved dog on a leash for a fun family event. Rally, kids vet clinic, agility training, vendors, Trinity inflatables, education. Town Toyota Center. Cost: free. Info: towntoyotacenter.com.

Cruise-in Car Show: Pile Up 5, 6/30, all day. Push, pull or drag it down. Open to all makes and models. No entry fee. Awards, music. Eastside Parkway. Cost: free. Info: 888-6108. Mission: Granduro, 6/30, Moun-

Mountain Home Preserve eBird Monitoring Project, 6/28, 7/19, 8/30, 9/27, 10/18, 11/15. Meet 6 a.m. at the Safeway store in Leavenworth. Susan Ballinger will pick up carpoolers in Wenatchee at 5:30 a.m. at the Penny Road Park and Ride. Walk 2.2-mile route stopping at 5 points to conduct 10-minute counts. Info: susan@cdlandtrust. org or 667-7820. Hillside House Concerts: Luke Bulla and Jared Tyler with Mad-

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Arthur Gunn: Vision and constant motion Arthur Gunn had things on

his mind in the spring of 1901 as he rode the Great Northern coach car from Wenatchee to Cando, North Dakota. There was a lot riding on the trip; profit for his neighbors and himself, fine land for the “Dunkards” he was traveling to see and the possibility of adding many new families to help grow the community and valley he loved. Gunn was a man of vision and constant motion with interests in everything that would move the valley forward; the railroad, irrigation electricity and population growth. He was, over the 25 years he lived here, a land developer, real estate agent, railroad agent business owner, an honest and trusted man in the community and always a booster of the Wenatchee Valley. He saw what the valley could be and worked to make it happen. John Gellatly, new to town in 1900, remembered Arthur Gunn as, “Extremely enthusiastic about the future of the new town and the valley as a whole.” Arthur Gunn was 26 when he arrived in Wenatchee in 1892. With him were his wife, Elizabeth, and their infant son, Arthur Junior. Gunn had been working for J. J. Browne at his Spokane bank when Browne sent him off to Wenatchee to start the town’s first bank, The Columbia Valley Bank. A small, two-room board and batten structure in Old Town near the Miller/Springwater intersection housed the bank in the front room and the Gunn family in the back room. They were barely settled when the town began the move to its new location one mile south along the Columbia and adja-

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A small, two-room board and batten structure in Old Town near the Miller/Springwater intersection housed the bank in the front room and the Gunn family in the back room. cent to the proposed new Great Northern tracks. The little bank and home was loaded onto two wagons and moved to its new location at the intersection of Orondo Street and Wenatchee Avenue. The town was growing and the bank was growing with it doing strong business in construction loans and payrolls. By 1894 Arthur Gunn was convinced that his future did not lie with the bank. He quit and opened a real estate office. His business quickly flourished as he became the local agent for the

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Wenatchee Development Company that developed and owned the new townsite. Gunn was also the Wenatchee Valley agent for J. J. Hill and the Great Northern Railroad. During this time Gunn partnered with James Keane, the father of Rock Island, in several large real estate purchases. Eventually their holdings included 50,000 acres of railroad land grants around Wenatchee on both sides of the Columbia. Much of this land they bought from the railroad on contract for 34 cents an acre. The federal government, in an effort to spur development of trans-continental railroads, awarded the companies land grants along the rail rights of way. The companies could sell the land to raise money for construction. Perhaps Gunn and Keane’s close connection to the Great Northern and J. J. Hill helped their acquisition of railroad land. In 1895 Arthur Gunn made his most important real estate purchase but not with James Keane. Arthur and Elizabeth Gunn bought several adjacent homesteads known as Burch Flats from E. C. and Ellen Burch and their adult children. This would have been at least 640 acres and as much as 800 acres, land that Gunn would rename Sunnyslope. The family moved into a rustic, small two-story house on the land. This purchase was the catalyst that began Gunn’s plan that, six years later, put him on the train to Cando, North Dakota. Irrigation was the key. In 1891 Jacob Shotwell built an irrigation ditch to serve his land in the Monitor area north of the Wenatchee River. From there the ditch went on to W. E.

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Stevens’ ranch and terminated about a quarter mile above the Wenatchee River Bridge. This was the first effort to build a large ditch in the valley and soon Shotwell realized that his ditch could be extended to serve the lower Burch Flat area, now part of Arthur and Elizabeth Gunn’s land. Shotwell, however, was out of money. He went to Arthur Gunn to see if he could arrange financing for the extension and a trestle and siphon over the Wenatchee River to divert some of the water to irrigate acreage in the north Wenatchee area. Gunn immediately saw the wisdom in the idea and arranged for necessary financing including $1,500 from J.J. Hill to build the trestle that would carry the pipe across the river. What became known as the “Gunn Ditch” was complete and delivering water in 1898. The pipe and trestle are still in use and lie on the west side of the larger Highline Canal siphon. Arthur Gunn had already begun platting his Sunnyslope holdings into five-acre parcels and persuading his neighbors to do the same. In 1900, at the urging of Max Bass, the Great Northern’s immigration agent, Gunn went to Waterville to meet a group of North Dakota men of the “Dunkard” or Brethren church. They were weary of the harsh winters on the North Dakota plains. Bass had brought them to see the Waterville plateau. Gunn was there to tell them about better land in the Sunnyslope area of the Wenatchee Valley. Over the next year Gunn exchanged letters with

Arthur Gunn went on to bring reliable electrical service to the valley... Rev. Amos Peters, leader of the Cando Brethren. In 1901 initial community meetings were held in Wenatchee to plan for the construction of the Highline Canal that would provide irrigation to most of the lower valley including the parts of Sunnyslope not already served by the Gunn Ditch. That was all it took to get Gunn on the train to Cando.

Once there he persuaded Rev. Peters and his wife, Barbara, to visit the Wenatchee Valley the following year. In 1903, along with seven other Brethren families, the Peters immigrated to Wenatchee and paid $125 - $150 per acre for their new land on Sunnyslope. Arthur Gunn went on to bring reliable electrical service to the valley when he bought and improved L. V. Wells’ Wenatchee Electric Light and Power Company. In 1905 he was chosen to fill the unexpired term of joint Senator for Kittitas and Chelan counties.

In 1908 he spearheaded Wenatchee’s efforts to build the YMCA saying at its completion, “We now have the best substitute on earth for saloons. A place where our young people can find more enjoyment than they ever did in saloons and where the influences are beneficial.” Arthur Gunn’s schedule for May 24, 1917 must have been busy and full. He said goodbye to Elizabeth and their six children at 4 a.m. that morning, crossed the pipeline bridge in his Model T and started up the dirt road towards Orondo where he owned the

Ribbon Cliff Orchard. Just below Orondo he hit a wind-blown sand bar. His car climbed the sand then rolled sideways pinning Gunn underneath the windshield. He died instantly. He was 51. Flags in Wenatchee flew at half-mast and 1,000 people gathered in Memorial Park to remember Arthur Gunn. Historian, actor and teacher Rod Molzahn can be reached at shake. speak@nwi.net. His third history CD, Legends & Legacies Vol. III - Stories of Wenatchee and North Central Washington, is now available at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center and at other locations throughout the area.

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huck McConnell or “Mr. Mac” to his high school band students, taught music in Quincy for 17 years and had taught in other schools in Washington and Idaho; starting with his first job in Emmett, Idaho. Dad had an immense fondness for putting on marching band programs for QHS football halftime shows, for the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival and Spokane’s Lilac Parade. It was Dad’s last year of teaching and he wanted a video chronicle of his last parade in Spokane. He gave me his Super-8 camera and I went to work. I took low shots of the band marching toward me and playing — probably 76 Trombones from The Music Man, which was one of his favorite songs and movies. I’m sure he felt a close kinship to Professor Harold Hill, who comes to Gary, Indiana — like he did in Emmett — and started a music program from scratch. On and on I filmed from a variety of locations; down on the street, climbing scaffolding to get a great shot of what dad

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called the “Lincoln Turn” — when you come to a corner, instead of doing a marching turn, which is a nice effect where each band member turns 90 degrees at the appropriate place, the “Lincoln Turn” is a halt, then a mad scramble to the intersecting street with a quick line-up there. It’s really fast, somewhat chaotic and lots of fun for the

kids. I had a perfect location on the scaffolding to get all the action and the turn was made chaotically and quickly, in perfect form. I think I climbed a tree to get a shot of another spectacular invention dad came up with, called “Meet the People.” The band divides in half right down the middle and forms two single files that move toward

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the sidewalks; Dad shouts, “Meet the People!” and the kids walk into the crowd, introduce themselves and shake hands with the parade spectators… not an easy thing for young, somewhat shy high school band students, but it made a lasting positive impression on spectators and band students as well. Dad would march with us at the side of the band and play his cornet along with the band as the students marched the long parade routes in green and gold, wool uniforms. By the end the students were exhausted and exhillerated, steamy hot with muscles and feet aching. The camera kept running and I kept winding it up and I filmed the entire route. We got home and I gave the camera back to dad. He opened the camera and said, “Where’s the film?” I had taken the entire parade with an empty Super 8 camera. As Dad used to say in quoting Robert Burns, from the poem, To a Mouse, “The best laid plans of mice and men ‘aft gang agley’.” (Often go awry.) But, the images are alive and well in my head and heart. Dan McConnell is a local pear orchardist and the cartoonist for The Good Life.

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